These are actually zombies, but just a little twisted

Rating: 6/10 (5 April 2004)

SPOILERS SO BE PREPARED
First things first, these are zombies. I know some of u are thinkin "no, a zombie is a reanimated corpse." well lets be honest people, these "infected" are as good as dead they have no resemblence of life more than zombies. They cant really do anything except run, kill, and sleep. They cant do math, read, have a conversation, understand that a bed is a place where u sleep; no they just kill and if u think about it they do go thru a process much like the process of becoming reanimated. The infected in this movie could be killed easily if hit in vital parts, but the infected were not responsive to pain and would not die or stop running if hit in parts of the body that arent critical to survival, much like a zombie not being able to be killed unless shot in the head. Is nobody catchin on yet. The people who become infected are talking up to the point that they become an infected just like a person who becomes a zombie and can talk until he/she becomes a zombie. So these are zombies. In case u wanted to say that the people are crazies well thats somewhat impossible bc a person cannot be sane one minute and be given a virus that makes them beyond crazy and still be considered human bc that is basically zombification in a more indirect way. BUT ENOUGH OF THE ZOMBIES IN 28 DAYS LATER. Down to bidness. OK yes this movie does owe some to the original dawn of the dead and to day of the dead but thats ok. This is the positive section. OK a virus is released in england, but we dont get to witness all the devastation bc this movie is 28 days later and it just shows the aftermath. A creepy and somewhat effective notion. Jim wakes up from a coma and finds an empty london except for a lot of trash. Now some people say there should be more devastation and destruction and blood but Boyle was goin more for a spine-tingling effect and an odd effect which is understandable maybe not likable, but it depends on who you are. I was actually p***ed when selena killed mark and thats good bc it was a moment where i actually had an emotion instead of being like ok and so what. Brendan Gleeson had a great role and his death was also nerve-racking. The thing this movie did best was use references from dawn and day of the dead. This movie did not just basically have sceens that were almost direct rip-offs from those 2 movies but instead had sceens that were very similar but different enough not to deter anybody from the movie. The infection was also a good idea bc this gave these zombies a more original feel than what had been used over and over and over again in the past.
Now for the bad. This could take a while OK this movie had its moments of bad, neutral, and wouldnt be a bad thing if it made sense to what was goin on. The greatest example of wouldnt be a bad thing if it made sense to what was goin on is the soldiers who feel the need to procreate so that a new civilization can begin. This would not be a bad idea if ALL OF THE WORLD WAS OVERRUN WITH INFECTED but only england is infected so the soldiers need to procreate is a little bit pointless and does yet again bring about an example of an old cliche which will remain nameless. Now to the virus and how far it spread. Most of the movie gives the impression and even mentions that the virus has spread across the world, but we later find out that it is only in england and the rest of the world is keeping england in quarantine which really takes the fear of a "rage" virus down a few notches. This type of virus althought ludacris in thought would have the potential to bring down society over here in the western hemisphere but if its just in england the fact that it spreads in only 20-30 seconds would keep it in england so no need for us here in America to fear a "rage" virus comin from england. The movie is a little bit uneventful, but it is 28 days later so not a lot is goin on at that time. Its now time for my take on Jim transforming from superbitch bycycle courier to special operatives killing machine. I dont know how this is possible in the span of 2 days with no special training but he does manage it by god, and although incredibly stupid does give some action to the movie which was necessary bc this movie had to end. The end although not a terrible sceen is a bad sceen bc it puts the final nail in the couffin for any fear of this virus bc it shows humans in control for the most part and the zombies in a decaying state so that ruins the whole terror the the virus. This movie although not horrible, wasnt great either and ends up defeating itself throughout the movie.